Likeminded people seek likeminded people a lot of the time. I know it's often impossible to get it to line up like this, but try having a few upcoming dates at once. When I first started online dating, I was disabling my profile all the time. Here are some tips I've gathered over the years to help you know what to look for in someone else's profile that'll save you a lot of bad dates in the long run. A lot of the time, that person isn't actually that great but once in a great while, they really, truly are.